Saint Paul's: Looking Ahead Presented at the 25th Anniversary Banquet -June 7, 2003 by Fr. Steven Tsichlis In the life of the Church, we look back in order to move forward. We root ourselves deeply in the past in order to blossom more fully in the present and orient ourselves towards the [...]
The first Festival of Hearts was held on February 23rd, 2002. Here are a few pictures from the event. Theme Baskets donated by Church School Classes for Silent Auction
August 3, 2015 Length: 13:08 The crowd followed the Lord into a "lonely place" knowing full well there was no food there. But heir courage and desire for Christ overcame their fear of physical hunger. Does your love and desire for Christ overcome your fear of lesser desires?
The Reverend Clergy at dinner prior to the Akathist Service at St. Paul's on Friday night From left to right...Father Steven Tsichlis, Pastor of St. Paul's; Catholic Bishop Tod Brown of the Diocese of Orange; Archbishop Demetrios of America; Metropolitan Anthony, Diocese of San Francisco; Father James Bakas, Dean of St. Sophia Cathedral, and Catholic [...]
GLORY IN GLASS Los Angeles Times | Nov. 2, 2020 by Paul Duginski The new mosaic at St. Paul's Greek Orthodox Church in Irvine depicts the Last Judgment, in which Jesus, surrounded by angels, separates the righteous from the damned. The Last Judgment is a central concept in the Orthodox faith. Installed [...]
An Article in the Orange County Register October 30, 2000 by Richard Chang Picture more than a million pieces of glass -- all coming together to form a grand, colorful mosaic of Jesus, the apostles and the final day of judgment. Add the sophisticated, yet fundamental sounds of the Chilingirian Quartet [...]
St. Paul Preaching to the People of Berea Facing danger at sea, “Three times I was shipwrecked; I spent a night and a day in the open sea…” (2 Corinthians 11:25) Also, read Acts 27:1 – 28:16 about St. Paul’s journey sailing to Rome while under arrest. And fearful persecution, “Five times I received from [...]
By Father Steven Tsichlis As he went along, he saw a man who had been blind from birth. His disciples asked him, “Rabbi, who sinned, this man or his parents, for him to have been born blind?” Jesus answered: “Neither this man nor his parents sinned; he was born blind so that the works of [...]
By Father Steven Tsichlis During a recent retreat at which the meaning of prayer was being discussed, several of the people present expressed their great dismay when the speaker moved from what they perceived to be “spiritual” issues to questions of dogma. Dogma was felt to be peripheral, an “external” forced on us from the [...]
By Father Steven Tsichlis Ordination! The word rings in my ears this morning – a frightening word, because to me it is the final response, the final commitment to the Truth. Standing before Pilate only hours before his crucifixion, Jesus, who is the only Christian priest (the Letter to the Hebrews), says that the purpose [...]